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- George Herman ΓÇ£Babe"
- Ruth is the most famous
- baseball player in history.
- The Babe was baseballΓÇÖs
- first great home run hitter,
- and fans flocked to see him play. He changed
- the game of baseball -- some say he saved
- the game.
-
- Babe learned to play baseball from a priest
- at St. MaryΓÇÖs Industrial School, in Baltimore,
- Maryland. He had been sent to the school at
- age 7 by his parents, who were having
- trouble handling him.
-
- Babe developed into an outstanding base-
- ball player and was signed as a pitcher
- by the Baltimore Orioles, which was
- then a minor league team. Many of